Promoting medico-legal knowledge in all its aspects

Welcome to the Medico-Legal Society

The Medico-Legal Society was founded in 1901. Its aim is to promote Medico-Legal knowledge in all its aspects. Its members are lawyers and medical professionals in roughly equal numbers, providing excellent networking opportunities.

The Society normally holds monthly meetings in central London between October and June each year. At each meeting, a well-qualified speaker presents a paper followed by a discussion which continues over drinks and canapés.

The new President Dr Sarah Galbraith

The President Dr Sarah Galbraith

Reception after the lecture

Reception after the lecture

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You can view the full programme on our programme. Members of both the Legal and Medical professions will find the lectures useful for their continuing professional development, providing excellent value.

The Society’s President serves for two years and is drawn alternately from the legal and medical professions. Click on NEWS to discover more about our current President.

ANNUAL DINNER

Our 2025 Annual Dinner will be held at the Army & Navy Club Pall Mall (affectionately known as the RAG) on Thursday, 19 June 2025.

By tradition, a distinguished lawyer proposes the toast to “Medicine” and a distinguished doctor proposes the toast to “The Law”.

This year our guests are: Lt General (Rtd) Professor Martin CM Bricknell CB OStJ PhD DM MBA MA MedSci, Professor of Conflict, Health and Military Medicine King’s College London, who will propose the toast to The Law.

The Judge Advocate General, His Honour Judge Large will propose the toast to Medicine.

Tickets, £95 per person, to include pre-dinner drinks, three courses, wine and coffee/tea may be booked here.

THE MEDICO-LEGAL JOURNAL

The official organ of the Society is the Medico-Legal Journal which is sent to all Ordinary/Associate members. It publishes the majority of the papers presented to the Society as well as original articles from around the world, case reports and correspondence.

NEXT MEETING

at Lettsom House, 11 Chandos Street London W1G 9EB and by Zoom

Date: 12th June 2025

Speaker: Antonia Cronin FRCP, Consultant Nephrologist, Guy’s & St Thomas’s Hospital

Subject: The ethical and legal landscape of transplantation: Why access to more and better transplants matters

The Secretary will email the Zoom joining details shortly before the meeting.

RECEPTION

Members attending meetings in person are welcome to join the President, Speaker and Council members at our usual reception with wine soft drinks and canapes. A voluntary contribution of £10 per person would be appreciated.

ZOOM RECORDINGS

Recordings of most of our recent meetings are now available to members only via this website. To access them, click here.

Then follow the on-screen instructions. You will need a username (usually your email address) and a password which you can reset if you’ve forgotten it.

Journal

Programme

News

Unless otherwise stated, all meetings will take place at 7 pm at the Medical Society of London, Lettsom House, 11 Chandos Street, Cavendish Square, London W1G 9EB, followed by a drinks reception. For further information, see our programme.

To join click on “Membership” above.

The Medico-Legal Society is a Registered Charity, charity number 214508.